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These hounds make “tracking sounds”, which means that the hunters know from the
barking of the dogs, firstly, where the dogs are at the moment and secondly, as is the case
with the Beagle, they can tell by the type of barking whether a game track has been found
or whether the game is already being pursued. Hounds are not so fast but persistent. The
Beagle, for example, is said to track game for over 40 hours!

As we have already mentioned above, Henri Lhote described the “Chasse à courre” and

the “Chasse à la Course” among the Touareg. He explains that the “Chasse à courre” takes
place firstly with horses, secondly with camels and thirdly with horses and camels,
whereby the camels are not fast enough for the actual hunt and rather take on supporting
tasks.

This form of hunting “is practised mainly by tribes that are nomadic in the northern part of
the steppe and have only a small number of horses. In this case, the camel is the horse's
helper; it may participate in the pursuit and set up intermediate stations, but the main task
of driving the game ultimately falls to the horse. In some cases, the camel is only there to
follow the hunt and, above all, to carry the food and water supplies.

The use of dogs in hounding is not common, but rather uncommon. It is mainly used when
the hunt takes place near camp” [9].

In our linguistic usage, hunting with sighthounds is referred to the old hunting

expression “Hatz”, which means “hunt”. In this process, the game is not only pursued by
the dogs, but also hauled in and seized. “Hare coursing” is done by Greyhounds or other
breeds of sighthound “who hunt the hare by sight and not by scent” [10]. This type of
sighthound is therefore more of a sprinter and not capable of tracking game over a longer
distance.

Original Greyhound type, English Greyhound 18th century,
hindquarters steep, brindle coat.